Current Thinking
Ten Top Tips for a New Board Director
1. Have a strategy for adding value - know why you've been invited onto the Board
2. Do your research - understand your Board and the key industry issues
3. Be prepared - stay awake - you must be present in all the discussions but not necessarily active
4. Review all board meetings & take notes /action lists of the key issues
5. Get the tone right - use your emotional intelligence to understand the style and culture of the
boardroom
6. Have a view on every board item but don't necessarily voice it
7. Understand unwritten rules - you can stretch this a little but you must play within them
8. Recycle good ideas - a good idea is always a good idea so use it from board to board
9. Start an acronym list - all organisations have their own language and they will happily explain it ONCE
10. Curb enthusiasm - 'better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove
all doubt' - your time to shine will come